Photos: Newt Gingrich through the years

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Photos: Newt Gingrich through the years

Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista address supporters after winning the Georgia presidential primary election on March 6, 2012.

Newt Gingrich (center), who defeated Virginia Shapard for the 6th District congressional seat, celebrates with his family on Nov. 8, 1978. Gingrich (center), is flanked by his daughters, Jackie Sue (front) and Kathy (left), and his wife, Jackie."

House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia right talks to House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri after the House voted to install Gingrich as House Speaker Wednesday Jan 4 1995. Gingrich defeated Gephardt 228 202 to take the leadership position in the 104th Congress which was also sworn in Wednesday

President Ronald Reagan, with Southern GOP Chairman Bill Harris (left), Newt Gingrich, and Mack Mattingly, promised a new 'Solid South' for Republicans was about to emerge during a rally Jan. 26, 1984 in Atlanta.

Roswell portrait artist Thomas V. Nash sketches former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich on the Speaker's balcony in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 30, 2000.

Newt Gingrich on the phone in 1974.

President Clinton begins his State of the Union Address, Feb. 4, 1997, at the Capitol. Vice President Al Gore, left, listens with House Speaker Newt Gingrich from behind.

Republican Sixth District congressional candidate Newt Gingrich, left, waves to an East Point crowd Oct.9, 1976 after getting campaign help from Sen.Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., right.

House Speaker Newt Gingrich waves to supporters at a Republican rally at the Sands Expo & Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nev., in this May 3, 1998 file photo.

Michael Charissis shakes hands with Sen. Sam Nunn and other members of the Georgia delegation Thursday as he prepares to carry the Olympic torch from the U.S. Capitol to continue the flame's trek through Washington, DC. (L to R) Rep. John Lewis, Nunn, Sen. Paul Coverdell, Charissis and House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

House Speaker Newt Gingrich's 4 point plan for the long term Game plan in America was unveiled during the chamber of commerce breakfast at the Cobb County Marriott Monday, January 5, 1998.

Newt Gingrich gives a speech at the Cobb Galleria Center in Cobb County, as part of his "American Solutions" project on Sept. 27, 2007.

Donald Trump left and House Speaker Newt Gingrich converse prior to Gingrich s address to the breakfast meeting of the Association for a Better New York in New York Friday March 24 1995.

House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., rides on top of a double-decker bus as he arrives in Atlanta to qualify for re-election Monday, April 22, 1996.

House Speaker Newt Gingrich, right, listens to Col. Terry Rice of the U.S. Corp. of Engineers, foreground, with Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, center, while on an airboat in the Loxahatchee Wildlife Preserve in Florida Saturday, June 7, 1997. Gingrich toured the Everglades with officials to learn more about restoration efforts.

Newt Gingrich stands next to his portrait at the unveiling ceremony in Statuary Hall at the Capitol Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2000 in Washington.

House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Ga., right, along with fellow House Republican leaders, House Majority Dick Armey of Texas, center, and Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, meet reporters on Capitol Hill Thursday, July 17, 1997 to discuss capital gains tax relief. Earlier, Rep. Bill Paxon, R-N.Y. resigned from the Republican leadership in the wake of an aborted coup against Gingrich.

House Speaker Newt Gingrich holds a sheet of budget figures on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Nov. 15, 1995, during a meeting to discuss the federal budget impasse. Hundreds of thousands of government workers got another day off Wednesday as President Clinton and the Republican Congress remained at odds over budget priorities.

House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia gestures while meeting with the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Wednesday Jan 4 1995 on Capitol Hill. The Rangers were invited to Capitol Hill Wedesday to entertain Congressional children who attended the swearing in ceremony for the 104th Congress.

Robert Ackerman, associate editor of the Atlanta Journal editorial page (left) talks with Georgia Congressmen Wyche Fowler (center) and Newt Gingrich on Nov. 13, 1984.

Then-House Minority Whip Newt Gingrich of Georgia addresses Republican Congressional candidates on Capitol Hill Sept. 27, 1994, during a rally where they pledged a 'Contract with America.'

Talk show host Jay Leno, left, and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, right, hold piglets during the taping of 'The Tonight Show' at the NBC studios in Burbank, Calif. Friday, April 26, 1996.

House Speaker Newt Gingrich, right, listens to Israeli Infrastructure Minister Ariel Sharon, explain his pland for a nine percent Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, Monday, May 25, 1998 at the Jewish West Bank settlement of Maaleh Ephraim. Speaker Gingrich, leading a delegation of U.S. lawmakers, spent the afternoon with Sharon on a helicopter tour of the West Bank.

U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, right, shakes hands with Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat following their two-hour meeting in the West Bank town of Ramallah Wednesday, May 27, 1998. It had been uncertain until the last minute whether Arafat would agree to meet with Gingrich. Gingrich told reporters he had a 'very honest, very straight conversation but also a very positive one' with Arafat. Gingrich is leading a congressional delegation on a four-day tour of Israel.

Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich appears with Candice Bergen Tuesday, Feb. 6, 1996, in Burbank, Calif., during a one-hour session to videotape a two-minute appearance on an episode of CBS-TV's 'Murphy Brown.'

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Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista address supporters after winning the Georgia presidential primary election on March 6, 2012.

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